Dr. Jean N. Koster

Dept. Aerospace Engineering Sciences Home: jean.koster@colorado.edu

Univ. Colorado Boulder 872 Welsh Ct., Louisville, CO 80027 http://aesseniordesign.ning.com

Boulder, CO 80309-0429 (303) 666-4825 http://aeroprojects.colorado.edu

(303) 492-6945 (303) 579-0741

Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences Systems Engineering; Materials Science; Fluid Mechanics and Transport Phenomena

Diplom-Engineer (BS in Mech. Engineering), 1976; Doktor-Engineer (Ph.D. in ME), 1980 – Univ. of Karlsruhe (Germany)

Research & Development:

Research in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and processing of electronic and structural materials. Recent research in electric and hybrid energy systems for aircraft and automobiles. Total funding about $3.2M. Current research grant from NASA-Aeronautics on aeronautics workforce development in collaboration with MIT and USNA. Published 96 refereed papers and three books, one video course and 2 invited book contributions. Developed spaceflight hardware and led experiments (PI) on board of the Space Shuttle Columbia, STS 65. Pioneered new experimental technologies: radiography for density and concentration measurements in materials processing; particle image velocimetry; high-speed laser Doppler velocimetry; holographic real-time interferometry; differential interferometry. Professor:

Taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder since 1987; fluid mechanics, experimental technologies, space power

systems, alternative energy systems, aerospace materials, systems engineering and design.

Special achievements include the development of a hands-on curriculum for sophomore students in aerospace engineering, and a new rigorous senior design program emphasizing Systems Engineering and teamwork. JNK is Course Coordinator for Capstone Senior Design Program and ABET coordinator in the Aerospace Department. He received funding from Boeing-Phantomworks, Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace, United Launch Alliance (ULA), NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), NASA-MIT, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Sierra Nevada Corp (SNC), Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) and local small businesses for capstone design projects.

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Career Overview:

Founding President of TIGON ENERTEC Corp. Company designs and develops hybrid propulsion systems. Incubation funding from Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) and eSpace Inc.

University of Colorado: post-doc mechanical engineering (1985-87), Assistant/Associate/Full Professor aerospace engineering sciences (1987- present)

NASA Lewis Research Center: post-doc, microgravity science and materials processing in space (1984-85)

Nuclear Research Center Karlsruhe, Germany: scientist with safety program on water-cooled nuclear reactors (1982-84)

University of Utah, Dept. of Physics: post-doc, electronic material crystal growth (1980-82) __________________________________________________________________________________________________

Awards:

“Inventor of the Year 2010” award, University of Colorado Office of Technology Transfer “Educator of the Year 2011” award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Rocky Mountain Section. “Best Paper Award” Design of a hybrid propulsion system for aircraft. AIAA-ASM 2011, Design Engineering TC __________________________________________________________________________________________________

Personal:

Born in Luxembourg, Sept. 28, 1948. Married since 1973, two children. Naturalized American Citizen.